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It was Liebig who actually disco ver-ed ' blx>Biin& ; lrolff ! '--'' 

 the liquor of the salt works. He saturated the liquor 

 with chlorine, and by distillation obtained a quantity of a 

 dark red liquid. He thought it was the chloride of iodine, 

 but did not examine it. It was on the shelf in his 

 laboratory, and there it remained for several months. In 

 1826, Balard, of Montpellier, discovered bromine, and in 

 Liebig's laboratory this very same bromine was labelled 

 "liquid chloride of iodine." He was only twenty-three 

 when the incident occurred, but he resolved in future 

 never to take anything for granted, or to accept theories 

 which were not well supported by trustworthy 

 experiments. 



Liebig was a man of untiring labour, always at work, 

 early and late, and his discoveries and philosophy have 

 proved of the highest importance to mankind. His mind 

 was open to correction ; he once said that " there is no 

 harm in a man committing mistakes, but great harm 

 indeed in his committing none, for he is sure not to have 

 worked." 



Liebig's books on Animal Chemistry (1842), Re- 

 searches on the Chemistry of Food (1847), The Natural 

 Laws of Husbandry (1862), etc., have been translated into 

 most of the languages of Europe. 



Liebig often visited England, and attended several 

 meetings of the British Association. In 1837 he was 

 requested by the Association to draw up a report on the 



